The Venetian Empire - A Sea Voyage

The Venetians were maritime imperialists, and Jan Morris has constructed her book in the form of a sea voyage, spanning both time and space in a panoramic reconstruction of the whole adventure, from its beginnings in the fall of Constantinople in 1204 to its long rearguard action against the Turks, from the walls of Famagusta at one end to the harbours of Istria at the other....